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Virtual List Contrl doesn't display Data

Hi there,

I am working on a MFC CListCtrol derived class CVirtualList control. I set its style to LVS_OWNERDATA. According to my understanding, as long as the list control is set to owner data, the LVN_GETDISPINFO message will be sent if CListCtrl’s function SetItemCount(int) is called. However, My virtual list control‘s LVN_GETDISPINFO handler never be called when the CListCtrl::SetItemCount(int) is called. It is strange to me. Could anyone here tell me if there is something I missed?
Environment: Win2K/SP4/VC6.0.

Thank you very much,

XWL

AndyAinscow

Are you supplying the data from the list control or from the owner window?
Have you put a breakpoint in the handler to check it isn't being called - maybe it is but something else is the problem

XWL

ASKER

Yes, I do supply the data from the owner window. Also I put a breakpoint in the message handler. This is the way to figure out that the handler is never called.

AndyAinscow

Please post some code for the LVN_GETDISPINFO message - MessageMap entry

XWL

ASKER

Good point! Here it is:

BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CVirtualList, CListCtrl)
ON_NOTIFY_REFLECT ( LVN_GETDISPINFO, OnGetDispInfo )
END_MESSAGE_MAP()

AndyAinscow

That looks OK.
And there is no handler for the message in the dialog (or wherever you have the list control)?

XWL

ASKER

one thing I should mention is that I am using my virtual list control in a CView derived class. in function InitUpdate, I casted the standard CListCtrl to my virtual List control:

// Class declaretions
class CMyListView: public CView
{
......
protected:
CListCtrl m_ctlList;
};
class CVirtualListView: public CMyListView
{
......
protected:
CVirtualListCtrl m_pctlVirtualList;
};

class CVirtualListCtrl : public CListCtrl
{
......
};

// Class implemetation
CVirtualListView::OnInitialUpdate()
{
CMyListView::OnInitialUpdate();

// Cast "standard" CListCtrl object to CVirtualListCtrl object
if (IsWindow(m_ctlList.m_hWnd))
{
m_pctlVirtualList = (GCVirtualListCtrl*)&m_ctlList;
ASSERT (m_pctlVirtualList->m_hWnd == m_ctlList.m_hWnd);
m_pctlVirtualList->ModifyStyle( 0, LVS_REPORT | LVS_OWNERDATA );
}

The problem is that the m_pctlVirtualList works partially and its LVN_GETDISPINFO handler is never been called in the CVirtualListView class. The class CVirtualListCtrl works well in other windows such as in a CDialog-derived classes.

Please help me. Thank you,

XWL

XWL

ASKER

I increased the point to 250.

AndyAinscow

OK. You have modified the style of the list control linked to the view. BUT it is still a CListCtrl, not a window based on your CVirtualListCtrl.
You could trap the LVN_GETDISPINFO message in your view and return the info required from that.
Alternatively it might be simpler to have a standard CView based view and create your virtual list control dynamically (eg. in OnInitialUpdate of the view) and make the list control fill the view (OnSize of the view).

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XWL

ASKER

There are two points that cause the problem were found as AndyAinscow pointed out:
1) The message map entry should follow derivation relationship of the classes, otherwise the message handler would be called;
2) In my case, m_pctlVirtualList = (GCVirtualListCtrl*)&m_ctlList simply doesn't work. After the casting, m_ctlList still exists and message won't be sent to the casted one. My solution is to destory m_ctlList in CVirtualListView::OnCreate( LPCREATESTRUCT lpcs )function, and then create a CVirtualListCtrl object. After this, the CVirtualListVieew works well.

Thank you all for great ideas, well done!

XWL